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Victoria Avenue, EN4

5 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named in 1890, 35 years after Victoria Road, although the road itself features on earlier maps, it is…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Queen Victoria, streets named 1890, victorian

Victoria Road, EN4

4 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So named in honour of Queen Victoria who had been on the throne 27 years when this street…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: East Barnet, East Barnet ward, New Barnet, Queen Victoria, streets named 1865, victorian

Albert Road, EN4

3 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was the consort to Queen…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, victorian

Balaclava Road, SE1

12 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Commemorating one of the most famous and romanticised battles in British history, the Battle of Balaclava, which took…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bermondsey, South Bermondsey, Southwark, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War, victorian

Alma Place, NW10

9 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block Tsarist…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensal Green, Kensal Rise, Kensington and Chelsea, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after rivers, victorian

Alma Road, N10

8 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War, victorian

Alma Grove, SE1

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Place Name Originally Alma Road. Named the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: South Bermondsey, Southwark, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War, victorian

Hampstead Hill Gardens, NW3

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Place Name Descriptive, this was a small estate originally owned by George Crispin which was developed by 1873. Most of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Camden, Hampstead Town, victorian

Worfield Street, SW11

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Place Name When wealthy market gardener Henry Juer died in 1878 he left his fortune and the family’s 16 acres…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Battersea Park, market garden, streets with a Shropshire connection, victorian, Wandsworth

Juer Street, SW11

14 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Remembers Henry Juer (February 6, 1807 – November 30, 1878), a market gardener, who held some 16 acres…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Battersea Park, market garden, streets named after philanthropists, victorian, Wandsworth

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